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Colombia's national parks : an analysis of management problems and perceived values

Creator:: Meganck, Richard Albert
Abstract:: This analysis of Colombia's System of National Park Reservations accomplishes four objectives: 1) The historical development of national parks in Colombia was described; 2) The status, as of August, 1974, of the areas administered by the Colombian Renewable Natural Resources Development Institute (INDERENA) was summarized; 3) An analysis of major...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Combining Disparate Data Sources with Ecosystem and Integrated Models: Case Studies for Improving Management of Protected Species

Creator:: Chasco, Brandon E.
Abstract:: Globally, the number of threatened species is increasing and conserving them is a high priority to the scientific community. Assessing the status of these protected species is challenging due to missing, contested, and or contradictory data streams. Integrated models (IMs) provide a statistical framework for combining disparate data sources to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: responsible for initial drafts and scope of the research. Austen Thomas, Alejandro Acevedo-Gutiérrez, Dawn

Drought, dispersal, and community dynamics in arid-land streams

Creator:: Bogan, Michael T.
Abstract:: Understanding the mechanisms that regulate local species diversity and community structure is a perennial goal of ecology. Local community structure can be viewed as the result of numerous local and regional processes; these processes act as filters that reduce the regional species pool down to the observed local community. In...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . LLOYD T. FINDLEY, DR. OSCAR GUTIÉRREZ-RUACHO, DR. ANDRÉS ALVARADO-CASTRO, and DR. ALEJANDRO VARELA

Ecology and Distribution of Blue Whales in New Zealand Across Spatial and Temporal Scales

Creator:: Barlow, Dawn R.
Abstract:: The distribution of mobile marine predators often reflects underlying dynamic ecological processes. The geographical focus of this PhD is the South Taranaki Bight (STB) of New Zealand, where wind-driven coastal upwelling generates productivity and prey to support a blue whale foraging ground. The STB is also New Zealand’s most industrial...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Acevedo-Gutierrez et al. 2002, Goldbogen et al. 3 2012). Advances in technology have greatly

Recordando memoria : shaping Chicana identity

Creator:: Martinez, Yolanda Tellez
Abstract:: This research explored the self-concept of Chicanas in terms of their lived experiences and how those experiences influenced the shaping of their identity. It examined the multiple labels Chicanas use to self-identify and the context or situations in which they use specific labels. Moreover, it took into account the influence...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Secondary Metabolism in Tolypocladium : Characterization, Ecology, Evolution and Regulation

Creator:: Blount, Rheannon Rua
Abstract:: An increased understanding of secondary metabolism in fungi is important for both biological and societal reasons. The ascomycete genus, Tolypocladium, is an ideal system to explore secondary metabolism characterization, ecology, evolution and regulation. The genus produces and has the genomic potential to produce a wide array of metabolites. Paired with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (Brakhage, 1997; Gutiérrez et al., 1991). The domains found on each module include but are not limited to

Spatiotemporal Distributions of Bacteria in the Cheddar Production Environment

Creator:: Johnson, Jared D.
Abstract:: Given the many significant roles that bacteria play in modern food manufacturing, it is crucial that we have a fundamental understanding of how bacterial communities assemble and behave in the food manufacturing environment. The focus of this dissertation was to investigate both the spatial and temporal distributions of microbial communities...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Survival Assessment, Inactivation Kinetics Models, and Farm-to-Table Quantitative Risk Analysis of Food Pathogens

Creator:: Deng, Kai
Abstract:: About 48 million cases of Foodborne illnesses (FBIs) are estimated to occur every year in the US. These are diseases caused by contamination of foods with bacteria, viruses, protozoa, parasites and toxic chemicals. Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs) are an important health-care and community associated problem. Since C. difficile spores have...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Symbiosis in the Pacific Ring of Fire : evolutionary-biology of Rhizopogon subgenus Villosuli as mutualists of Pseudotsuga

Creator:: Mujic, Alija Bajro
Abstract:: Rhizopogon is a large genus of ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi that grows in association with host trees of the family Pinaceae. We have conducted a series of studies investigating the ecology and evolutionary biology of the EM symbiosis shared between R. subgenus Villosuli and trees of the genus Pseudotsuga. Two members...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Tempo and Mode of Lineage and Morphological Diversification in a Hyperdiverse Freshwater Fish Radiation (Teleostei : Characiformes)

Creator:: Burns, Michael D.
Abstract:: Characiform fishes form one of the most diverse freshwater fish clades in the world. Comprising more than 2000 species and distributed primarily in South America and Africa, characiforms vary dramatically in their ecomorphology. However, the evolutionary processes responsible for the immense ecomorphological diversity remains unknown. Recently, a study postulated that...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Colombia's national parks : an analysis of management problems and perceived values

Combining Disparate Data Sources with Ecosystem and Integrated Models: Case Studies for Improving Management of Protected Species

Drought, dispersal, and community dynamics in arid-land streams

Ecology and Distribution of Blue Whales in New Zealand Across Spatial and Temporal Scales

Recordando memoria : shaping Chicana identity

Secondary Metabolism in Tolypocladium : Characterization, Ecology, Evolution and Regulation

Spatiotemporal Distributions of Bacteria in the Cheddar Production Environment

Survival Assessment, Inactivation Kinetics Models, and Farm-to-Table Quantitative Risk Analysis of Food Pathogens

Symbiosis in the Pacific Ring of Fire : evolutionary-biology of Rhizopogon subgenus Villosuli as mutualists of Pseudotsuga

Tempo and Mode of Lineage and Morphological Diversification in a Hyperdiverse Freshwater Fish Radiation (Teleostei : Characiformes)

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